Whether you’re an experienced baker or a complete beginner, you’ll love this seasonal bake.This Apple Cake is autumn comfort food, topped with crunchy flaked almonds, perfect to serve with a cup of tea on a chilly afternoon.Another new favourite fruity cake along with my Lemon Drizzle Cake and Pumpkin Cake.
Why you’ll love this Apple Cake recipe
⭐️ Super easy to make ⭐️ Simple ingredients ⭐️ All the tastes of the season There’s no need for any elaborate equipment, although you can use a food mixer if you have one. This is a very ‘tender’ cake (as Paul Hollywood would say), meaning it can break easily and crumble. BUT, although it’s fragile, I forgive it, as that’s what makes it so delicious! The best way to tackle this is by waiting to cut it until it’s completely cold (if you can resist). If you’d still prefer to serve it warm as a dessert, that’s fine – just be gentle and accept that it will be a bit crumbly. This Apple and Cinnamon Cake is best served as a teatime treat with a nice hot cuppa, or as a pudding with custard or perhaps frozen yoghurt.
Apple Cake ingredients
Apples – The 400g is the unchopped weight, so chopped weight should be about 300g. I use a red skinned eating apple like a Braeburn or Jazz. Pink Lady would also work well. I would avoid using a cooking apple here as they don’t hold their shape quite as well. These need to be about 1cm cubed Butter – I like to use unsalted butter for baking as it is flavourless. If you only have salted it will be fine though. It’s not vital. The butter should be room temperature before using. If your butter comes straight from the fridge, soften it in the microwave for a few seconds Eggs – I prefer medium, free range Other ingredients – Caster sugar, self-raising flour, ground cinnamon For the topping – Flaked almonds
Freezer You can freeze this cake for another day! It should be cooked first and completely cooled before freezing. Make sure it is well wrapped in a couple of layers of greaseproof paper for the freezer and defrost it at room temperature before eating. Make sure you cut your apples into very small cubes. If the cubes are too big the cake will be more likely to break up. To make this a bit EXTRA, add a simple but delicious Cream Cheese Frosting at the end.
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